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The new strands of Bulldogs are certainly the biggest phenomenon of the current cynophilia and some of these breeds are direct descendants of another great… Read More »Pit Bull invades – The breed’s introduction in Brazil

How to interpret breed analyses Population Statistics Because these statistics might be unfamiliar to you, there are defined here: Effective number of founders (fe) A breed… Read More »How to interpret breed analyses

Solving the problem of genetic disorders in dogs By Carol Beuchat PhD If you breed purebred dogs, and if you care both about the health… Read More »Solving the problem of genetic disorders in dogs

What’s in the Gene Pool? The founding of the breed – the Gene Pool Let’s pretend these 11 dogs are the “founders” of your breed… Read More »What’s in the Gene Pool?

Why You Need Population Genetics: the “Elevator Pitch” by Carol Beuchat, PhD  1) All the useful genetic variation your breed will ever have was in the… Read More »Why You Need Population Genetics: the “Elevator Pitch”

Brachycephaly: it’s more than just the pretty face 11/2/2015 By Carol Beuchat PhD ​A paper just out this week (Packer et al 2015) has highlighted… Read More »Brachycephaly: it’s more than just the pretty face